No, Evidence of the Lab Leak Is Not a ‘Mirage’

Many of the journalists and public figures who began the COVID pandemic by loudly ruling the lab-leak theory outside the bounds of polite conversation have finally begun to acknowledge the limits of their understanding.

Confronted with a steady drumbeat of circumstantial evidence in favor of the lab-leak theory — and a lack of evidence to support its alternative, the natural-transmission theory — the makers of public opinion have traded accusations of racism for the gentle shrug of “Who’s to say?”